Benjamin syndrome

For Harry Benjamin syndrome, see Transsexual § Terminological variance.

Benjamin syndrome is a type of multiple congenital anomaly/intellectual disability (MCA/MR) syndrome. It is characterized by hypochromic anemia with intellectual disability and various craniofacial and other anomalies.^[1] It can also include heart murmur, dental caries and splenic tumors.^[2]

Benjamin syndrome
Other names	Benjamin anemia

It was first described in the medical literature in 1911.^[3] Symptoms include megalocephaly, external ear deformities, dental caries, micromelia, hypoplastic bone deformities, hypogonadism, hypochromic anemia with occasional tumors, and intellectual disability.^[4]

References

1. Firkin, Barry G.; Whitworth, Judith A. (2001). Dictionary of medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Informa Health Care. p. 30. ISBN 978-1-85070-333-4.
2. Bartolucci, Susan L; Stedman, Thomas Lathrop; Forbis, Pat (2005). Stedman's medical eponyms (2nd ed.). Lippincott Williams & Wilkins. p. 63. ISBN 978-0-7817-5443-9.
3. Benjamin E (1911). Über eine selbständige Form der Anämie im frühen Kindersalter. Verh Deut Ges Kinderh, 1911,119-24.
4. Jablonski, Stanley (1991). Jablonski's dictionary of syndromes & eponymic diseases. Krieger Pub. Co. ISBN 978-0-89464-224-1

External links

• Benjamin syndrome via National Library of Medicine.